Faces/places/scholarships/honors

June 28, 1989

FACES

* LeAnn Johnston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Mercer of West Point, has been named valedictorian and Joseph Allen Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Smith of West Point, has been named salutatorian of West Point High School's 1989 graduating class.

LeAnn was a National Honor Society member, cheerleader, tennis team, Drama Club and SCA member and will major in business at the University of Virginia.

Joseph is a member of the National Honor Society, Academic Challenge Team, Drama Club and a page in the Regional Library System and will attend Old Dominion University.

* Seniors, John Ira Fleet III of Hartfield, Kenneth Quinn McCracken Jr. of Christchurch and James Ernest Platt Jr. of Jamaica have been elected by students, faculty and administrators to serve as proctors at Christchurch School for the 1989-90 session. The 25 elected proctors assist in the operation of the school.

* Vincent Stafford Hodge Jr., son of the Rev. and Mrs. Vincent S. Hodge of West Point, has graduated with honors from Episcopal High School in Alexandria.

He received the Randolph Fairfax Medal, the highest honor given by the school, and the Mark H. Teeter Merit Scholarship of $1,000.

Vincent was one of 10 Russian language students at the school who visited the Soviet Union for a month last winter, attending a Moscow high school, living in a local home and visiting cultural and historic sites.

He also has served as a senior monitor, chairman of the Honor Committee, student senator and has received bronze, silver and gold medals for participation in the Olympiad of Written Russian for three years. He also particiated in junior varsity sports and managed the varsity football team. He will enter Stanford University in the fall under a NROTC scholarship.

PLACES

* Openings are still available for Mathews Junior 4-H members, ages 9-11, to attend 4-H Camp, July 3-11 at the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center. Offered are canoeing, swimming, archery and other sports. The cost is $75. Anyone interested should call the Mathews Extension Office at 725-7196.

* Memberships are open on the Mathews Vocational Education Advisory Council, a group of citizens appointed by the school board to advise on job needs and the way in which vocational courses meet those needs.